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The 9 O'Clock Gun Poster
by Alexis Birkill
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The 9 O'Clock Gun poster by Alexis Birkill. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The 9 O'Clock Gun is a 12 pound muzzle-loaded naval cannon that is located in a pavilion in Stanley Park in Vancouver, and fires at 9:00pm every... more
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The 9 O'Clock Gun is a 12 pound muzzle-loaded naval cannon that is located in a pavilion in Stanley Park in Vancouver, and fires at 9:00pm every night.
The cannon itself was cast in Woolwich, England in 1816, and was brought to Stanley Park in 1894. It is automatically fired, and in the summer months, draws quite a crowd!
For a couple of weeks in May and August, there is just the right amount of light in the sky to capture the gun firing with the city lights beyond. For this shot, I jumped down off the seawall, which you can see to the right, and set up on the pebbles and seaweed below. The tide was still quite high, so I didn't have much space to work with.
As well as the main cannon blast, you can also see a secondary blast coming out of the touch-hole at the rear of the cannon. Across the water you can see the Chevron fuel barge, lit up brightly in the centre of the image, Canada Place at the far left, and the heart of downtown Vancouver.
About Alexis Birkill
Born in the UK, I moved to Vancouver, BC in 2011. My career in photography has grown from a long-held passion for capturing the beauty of the world, aided on the technical side by my background as a software developer. I specialise in fine art photography of landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes in and around the Pacific Northwest, with work exhibited internationally. Many of my photographs feature the beautiful city of Vancouver, but as well as capturing its iconic cityscapes, I can often be found exploring the BC and Washington coastline for new photographic opportunities, as well as developing my portfolio of night sky photographs featuring the Milky Way and the Aurora Borealis.
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